Author: staff
The center-right European People’s Party, the Socialists and Democrats, the liberals of Renew Europe, and the Greens had on Oct. 30 sent a letter to the Commission demanding changes to the proposal — especially the way it deals with EU cash for regions and for farmers — and threatening to refuse to engage in negotiations if those changes were not made. Hours after the Commission changed its plans, those groups are now backing down. “Victory for the European Parliament in defending farmers and regions in the next long-term EU budget,” Siegfried Mureșan, the EPP’s lead negotiator on the budget, wrote…
The BBC confirmed on Monday that it has received a letter from US President Donald Trump threatening legal action after the broadcaster aired an edited speech in which he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol riots in January 2021. The controversy surrounding what the BBC has called an “error of judgement” led Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness to resign on Sunday. The episode of the flagship current affairs programme “Panorama” showed a spliced-together clip from a January 2021 speech in which Trump claimed the 2020 presidential election had been rigged. Trump is shown saying, “We’re…
LONDON — Donald Trump has sent a letter to the BBC threatening legal action, following a bitter row over its coverage of his administration. The move, first reported by BBC News Monday lunchtime, comes a day after the resignation of the broadcaster’s director general and its most senior news executive amid a row over coverage of the U.S. president’s remarks on Jan. 6, 2021 — the day rioters breached the U.S. Congress. The broadcaster said it would review the letter from Trump’s team and respond in due course. Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness both announced…
Much of Gaza City has now been reduced to collapsed housing, and workers are having to dig by hand because heavy machinery is restricted from entering the territory. Families wait nearby, unable to bury their relatives. At the same time, Gaza faces a growing environmental crisis. The blockade has prevented sanitation teams from reaching main waste disposal sites in the east. With nowhere else to dump rubbish, the municipality created a temporary landfill inside the city. The waste has built up near homes, releasing toxic gases and attracting insects. Residents say the smell and health risks make daily life even…
The former president, who served one term from 2007 to 2012, had been expected avoid prison time with his appeal — but the presiding judge in the lower-level court ruled that the seriousness of the charges warranted the 70-year-old’s immediate imprisonment. Prosecutors paved the way for Sarkozy’s release by backing the request earlier Monday, citing his track record of appearing in court and cooperating with police investigations. Sarkozy appeared at Monday’s court hearing via video, wearing the same blue blazer and suit vest he had on the day he entered prison. He described his three weeks behind bars as a “nightmare”…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that he wants to order 25 Patriot air defence systems from the US, as Kyiv continues to fend off relentless Russian aerial attacks that have brought rolling blackouts across the country on the brink of winter. Zelenskyy acknowledged that the Patriot systems are expensive and that such a large batch could take years to manufacture. But he said European countries could give their Patriots to Ukraine and await replacements, stressing that “we would not like to wait.” “We want to order 25 Patriot systems from the United States. For us, that’s a clear…
European stocks rallied at the start of the new trading week as a late test vote in the Senate on Sunday raised expectations for a bipartisan deal to fund the government, lifting investor sentiment across regions. US stock futures climbed, and European indices followed suit. Germany’s DAX rose 1.5%, France’s CAC 40 gained 1.4% and London’s FTSE 100 advanced 0.8% at around 11:00 CET. The uptick reflected renewed optimism that the shutdown, which has hindered access to key economic data, could soon end, alleviating uncertainty for markets. AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould said the Senate vote was an important…
That’s in stark contrast to the U.S., which passed its own stablecoin regulation — the GENIUS act — earlier this year, which is much more industry-friendly. Donald Trump, whose family is building its own crypto empire, has described stablecoins as “perhaps the greatest revolution in financial technology since the birth of the Internet itself.” That’s put post-Brexit Britain in a bind: align with the EU, the U.S., or go it alone? “The U.K. is a bit caught,” a former Bank of England official who now works in digital assets said. They were granted anonymity, like others in this article, to…
Published on 10/11/2025 – 12:41 GMT+1 •Updated 12:44 The European Union and Brazil launched an appeal calling on other nations to recognise carbon pricing as a pragmatic way to cut emissions and fund the green transition, as world leaders gather at the COP30 United Nations climate summit. The global bid aims to form a coalition of countries willing to raise funds from carbon pollution and invest them in clean technologies to help cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The revenue would help countries to implement their national climate plans and continue working to deliver on the Paris Agreement adopted 10 years…
Published on 10/11/2025 – 12:32 GMT+1 A Paris appeals court is examining a request for release of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy from prison, less than three weeks after he began serving a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya. The ruling is expected at 1:30 pm on Monday. Sarkozy, 70, became the first former French head of state in modern times to be sent to prison after his conviction on 25 September. He was jailed on 21 October pending appeal but immediately filed for early release. He denies…